Data protection & ICT

The Most Significant GDPR Fines in 2021: Will We Learn from Other’s Mistakes?

Application of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which has entered into force almost 4...

Lithuanian data protection authority publishes the overview of notifications about personal data protection breaches for 2021

Lithuanian data protection authority (SDPA) published the overview of the notifications about personal data protection...

France data protection authority fines Google and Facebook for violation of cookies use

On the 6th of January 2022, the French data protection authority (“CNIL”) fined Google €150...

Lithuanian DPA fines platform „Citybee“ EUR 110,000 for non-compliance with GDPR

On November 29, 2021, the Lithuanian data protection authority (VDAI) imposed a fine of EUR...

GDPR derogations for transfers to third countries

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) had a direct impact on marketing practices, including email...

EDPB adopted the final version of Guidelines on restrictions of data subject rights

On October 2021, the European Data protection board (EDPB) adopted a final version of the...

Luxembourg DPA imposed fines for the violations on the role of data protection officer

November 2021, during the audit proceedings carried out by the National Commission for Data Protection...

GDPR Challenges: How to Manage a Data Subject Requests?

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) strengthened the rights of individuals and made an impact...

The Norwegian DPA fines a toll company EUR 496,000 for non-compliance with the obligation conduct personal data transfer impact assessment

On the 27th of September, 2021, final decision in the data protection case between Norwegian...

Is European Commission’s proposed AML legislative package in line with GDPR?

On July 22nd, 2021, The European Commission released a package of legislative proposals, which aims...

The European Commission’s adequacy decision on data protection in the United Kingdom

On 28 June 2021, the European Commission announced the adoption of the adequacy decision in...

Strict position of the Court on the level of detail of information provision to the data subject and application of security measures

The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania adopted a decision in the case of Secure Nordic...